Chapter 16: Flowing Minds: The Impact of Social Media on the Cognitive Abilities of Graduate Students

The study investigates the impact of social media on cognitive abilities among undergraduate students at the University of Jordan through semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire survey. Improved idea generation, problem-solving, teamwork, and responsibility are revealed by thematic analysis and mind mapping. The confirmatory factor analysis reveals five factors that account for around 63% of the covariance, but the Mann–Whitney U test does not detect any significant gender differences. The study highlights how social media might improve one’s capacity for creative thought, but it also urges further investigation to confirm these results across other student populations and nations.